CNG 100, Lot: 1123. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. AV Medal (37mm, 28.02 g, 12h). Exposition Universelle. Paris mint. By H. Ponscarme. Dated 1867. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate head left; H PONSCARME F below / EXPOSITION · UNIVERSELLE DE · MDCCCLXVII · À · PARIS, Genius flying left, head facing, holding plan of the Exposition, above rim of globe; H PONSCARME F below figure. On edge: bee hallmark and OR. Cf. Collignon 1918-20 (larger size; not noted in gold). Choice EF, prooflike, minor rim nicks, some spotting.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex UBS 79 (10 September 2008), lot 3893.